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Using Pages CMS for Static Site Content Management

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Using Pages CMS for Static Site Content Management

Friends, I’ve been on the hunt for a decent content management system for static sites for… well, about as long as we’ve all been calling them “static sites,” honestly.

I know, I know: there are a ton of content management system options available, and while I’ve tested several, none have really been the one, y’know? Weird pricing models, difficult customization, some even end up becoming a whole ‘nother thing to manage.

Also, I really enjoy building with site generators such as Astro or Eleventy, but pitching Markdown as the means of managing content is less-than-ideal for many “non-techie” folks.

A few expectations for content management systems might include:

Easy to use: The most important feature, why you might opt to use a content management system in the first place.

Minimal Requirements: Look, I’m just trying to update some HTML, I don’t want to think too much about database tables.

Collaboration: CMS tools work best when multiple contributors work together, contributors who probably don’t know Markdown or what GitHub is.

Customizable: No website is the same, so we’ll need to be able to make custom fields for different types of content.

Not a terribly long list of demands, I’d say; fairly reasonable, even. That’s why I was happy to discover Pages CMS.

According to its own home page, Pages CMS is the “The No-Hassle CMS for Static Site Generators,” and I’ll to attest to that. Pages CMS has largely been developed by a single developer, Ronan Berder, but is open source, and accepting pull requests over on GitHub.

Taking a lot of the “good parts” found in other CMS tools, and a single configuration file, Pages CMS combines things into a sleek user interface.

Pages CMS includes lots of options for customization, you can upload media, make editable files, and create entire collections of content. Also, content can have all sorts of different fields, check the docs for the full list of supported types, as well as completely custom fields.

There isn’t really a “back end” to worry about, as content is stored as flat files inside your git repository. Pages CMS provides folks the ability to manage the content within the repo, without needing to actually know how to use Git, and I think that’s neat.

User Authentication works two ways: contributors can log in using GitHub accounts, or contributors can be invited by email, where they’ll receive a password-less, “magic-link,” login URL. This is nice, as GitHub accounts are less common outside of the dev world, shocking, I know.

Oh, and Pages CMS has a very cheap barrier for entry, as it’s free to use.

Pages CMS and Astro content collections

I’ve created a repository on GitHub with Astro and Pages CMS using Astro’s default blog starter, and made it available publicly, so feel free to clone and follow along.

I’ve been a fan of Astro for a while, and Pages CMS works well alongside Astro’s content collection feature. Content collections make globs of data easily available throughout Astro, so you can hydrate content inside Astro pages. These globs of data can be from different sources, such as third-party APIs, but commonly as directories of Markdown files. Guess what Pages CMS is really good at? Managing directories of Markdown files!

Content collections are set up by a collections configuration file. Check out the src/content.config.ts file in the project, here we are defining a content collection named blog:

import glob from 'astro/loaders'; import defineCollection, z from 'astro:content'; const blog = defineCollection( // Load Markdown in the `src/content/blog/` directory. loader: glob( base: './src/content/blog', pattern: '**/*.md' ), // Type-check frontmatter using a schema schema: z.object( title: z.string(), description: z.string(), // Transform string to Date object pubDate: z.coerce.date(), updatedDate: z.coerce.date().optional(), heroImage: z.string().optional(), ), ); export const collections = blog ;

The blog content collection checks the /src/content/blog directory for files matching the **/*.md file type, the Markdown file format. The schema property is optional, however, Astro provides helpful type-checking functionality with Zod, ensuring data saved by Pages CMS works as expected in your Astro site.

Pages CMS Configuration

Alright, now that Astro knows where to look for blog content, let’s take a look at the Pages CMS configuration file, .pages.config.yml:

content: - name: blog label: Blog path: src/content/blog filename: 'year-month-day-fields.title.md' type: collection view: fields: [heroImage, title, pubDate] fields: - name: title label: Title type: string - name: description label: Description type: text - name: pubDate label: Publication Date type: date options: format: MM/dd/yyyy - name: updatedDate label: Last Updated Date type: date options: format: MM/dd/yyyy - name: heroImage label: Hero Image type: image - name: body label: Body type: rich-text - name: site-settings label: Site Settings path: src/config/site.json type: file fields: - name: title label: Website title type: string - name: description label: Website description type: string description: Will be used for any page with no description. - name: url label: Website URL type: string pattern: ^(https?://)?(www.)?[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+.[a-zA-Z]2,(/[^s]*)?$ - name: cover label: Preview image type: image description: Image used in the social preview on social networks (e.g. Facebook, Twitter...) media: input: public/media output: /media

There is a lot going on in there, but inside the content section, let’s zoom in on the blog object.

- name: blog label: Blog path: src/content/blog filename: 'year-month-day-fields.title.md' type: collection view: fields: [heroImage, title, pubDate] fields: - name: title label: Title type: string - name: description label: Description type: text - name: pubDate label: Publication Date type: date options: format: MM/dd/yyyy - name: updatedDate label: Last Updated Date type: date options: format: MM/dd/yyyy - name: heroImage label: Hero Image type: image - name: body label: Body type: rich-text

We can point Pages CMS to the directory we want to save Markdown files using the path property, matching it up to the /src/content/blog/ location Astro looks for content.

path: src/content/blog

For the filename we can provide a pattern template to use when Pages CMS saves the file to the content collection directory. In this case, it’s using the file date’s year, month, and day, as well as the blog item’s title, by using fields.title to reference the title field. The filename can be customized in many different ways, to fit your scenario.

filename: 'year-month-day-fields.title.md'

The type property tells Pages CMS that this is a collection of files, rather than a single editable file (we’ll get to that in a moment).

type: collection

In our Astro content collection configuration, we define our blog collection with the expectation that the files will contain a few bits of meta data such as: title, description, pubDate, and a few more properties.

We can mirror those requirements in our Pages CMS blog collection as fields. Each field can be customized for the type of data you’re looking to collect. Here, I’ve matched these fields up with the default Markdown frontmatter found in the Astro blog starter.

fields: - name: title label: Title type: string - name: description label: Description type: text - name: pubDate label: Publication Date type: date options: format: MM/dd/yyyy - name: updatedDate label: Last Updated Date type: date options: format: MM/dd/yyyy - name: heroImage label: Hero Image type: image - name: body label: Body type: rich-text

Now, every time we create a new blog item in Pages CMS, we’ll be able to fill out each of these fields, matching the expected schema for Astro.

Aside from collections of content, Pages CMS also lets you manage editable files, which is useful for a variety of things: site wide variables, feature flags, or even editable navigations.

Take a look at the site-settings object, here we are setting the type as file, and the path includes the filename site.json.

- name: site-settings label: Site Settings path: src/config/site.json type: file fields: - name: title label: Website title type: string - name: description label: Website description type: string description: Will be used for any page with no description. - name: url label: Website URL type: string pattern: ^(https?://)?(www.)?[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+.[a-zA-Z]2,(/[^s]*)?$ - name: cover label: Preview image type: image description: Image used in the social preview on social networks (e.g. Facebook, Twitter...)

The fields I’ve included are common site-wide settings, such as the site’s title, description, url, and cover image.

Speaking of images, we can tell Pages CMS where to store media such as images and video.

media: input: public/media output: /media

The input property explains where to store the files, in the /public/media directory within our project.

The output property is a helpful little feature that conveniently replaces the file path, specifically for tools that might require specific configuration. For example, Astro uses Vite under the hood, and Vite already knows about the public directory and complains if it’s included within file paths. Instead, we can set the output property so Pages CMS will only point image path locations starting at the inner /media directory instead.

To see what I mean, check out the test post in the src/content/blog/ folder:

--- title: 'Test Post' description: 'Here is a sample of some basic Markdown syntax that can be used when writing Markdown content in Astro.' pubDate: 05/03/2025 heroImage: '/media/blog-placeholder-1.jpg' ---

The heroImage now property properly points to /media/... instead of /public/media/....

As far as configurations are concerned, Pages CMS can be as simple or as complex as necessary. You can add as many collections or editable files as needed, as well as customize the fields for each type of content. This gives you a lot of flexibility to create sites!

Connecting to Pages CMS

Now that we have our Astro site set up, and a .pages.config.yml file, we can connect our site to the Pages CMS online app. As the developer who controls the repository, browse to https://app.pagescms.org/ and sign in using your GitHub account.

You should be presented with some questions about permissions, you may need to choose between giving access to all repositories or specific ones. Personally, I chose to only give access to a single repository, which in this case is my astro-pages-cms-template repo.

After providing access to the repo, head on back to the Pages CMS application, where you’ll see your project listed under the “Open a Project” headline.

Clicking the open link will take you into the website’s dashboard, where we’ll be able to make updates to our site.

Creating content

Taking a look at our site’s dashboard, we’ll see a navigation on the left side, with some familiar things.

Blog is the collection we set up inside the .pages.config.yml file, this will be where we we can add new entries to the blog.

Site Settings is the editable file we are using to make changes to site-wide variables.

Media is where our images and other content will live.

Settings is a spot where we’ll be able to edit our .pages.config.yml file directly.

Collaborators allows us to invite other folks to contribute content to the site.

We can create a new blog post by clicking the Add Entry button in the top right

Here we can fill out all the fields for our blog content, then hit the Save button.

After saving, Pages CMS will create the Markdown file, store the file in the proper directory, and automatically commit the changes to our repository. This is how Pages CMS helps us manage our content without needing to use git directly.

Automatically deploying

The only thing left to do is set up automated deployments through the service provider of your choice. Astro has integrations with providers like Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, and Vercel, but can be hosted anywhere you can run node applications.

Astro is typically very fast to build (thanks to Vite), so while site updates won’t be instant, they will still be fairly quick to deploy. If your site is set up to use Astro’s server-side rendering capabilities, rather than a completely static site, the changes might be much faster to deploy.

Wrapping up

Using a template as reference, we checked out how Astro content collections work alongside Pages CMS. We also learned how to connect our project repository to the Pages CMS app, and how to make content updates through the dashboard. Finally, if you are able, don’t forget to set up an automated deployment, so content publishes quickly.

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Top 10 Live Streaming Tips for Schools | Boost Your Broadcasts This Spring Break!

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Top 10 Live Streaming Tips for Schools | Boost Your Broadcasts This Spring Break!

Discover the top 10 live streaming tips every school needs to know! Learn how to improve broadcast quality, pick the right gear, and create engaging school live streams this spring break.

As schools across the country embrace digital media and remote engagement, live streaming has become an essential tool for education. From broadcasting spring break performances and sports to streaming graduation ceremonies and classroom projects, high-quality live video can enhance communication and school spirit. In this blog post, we’re sharing the top 10 live streaming tips for schools—covering everything from camera setups and audio gear to network requirements and budget-friendly solutions. Whether you’re a teacher, IT director, or student media advisor, these expert tips will help you elevate your school’s live streaming game with ease and confidence.

Watch the full video below:

Top 10 Tech Tips for Education

An affordable PTZ camera is better than no PTZ camera

Take Advantage of Automatic Features

Integrate with CMS Lecture Capture Systems

Utilize NDI to Stream Throughout the Entire Building

Let Students Use the Gear – Get Hands-On Experience

Invest in good audio Equipment

Use a Reliable Internet Connection

Schedule Regular Maintenance and Updates

Implement a Backup Plan

Sign up for eduStreamTV!

Tip 1: An affordable PTZ camera is better than no PTZ camera

Flexibility: PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom) cameras offer the ability to capture different angles and movements, enhancing the quality of your live streams. Whether for a lecture, event, training or more

Cost-Effective: Even affordable PTZ cameras can significantly improve your broadcasts compared to static cameras.

Professional Look: Provides a more dynamic and professional appearance to your live streams.

We have PTZ cameras starting at under $1,000

Tip 2: Take Advantage of Automatic Features

Cameras have come a long way with advancements in technology, making automatic features much more reliable.

Auto Focus: Ensures the subject remains sharp and clear, even as they move around.

Auto Exposure: Adjusts the brightness and contrast automatically to suit different lighting conditions.

Auto White Balance: Corrects color tones to ensure natural-looking images under various lighting environments.

Auto Tracking: Allows the camera to follow the speaker automatically, keeping them in focus and centered.

Tip 3: Integrate with CMS Lecture Capture Systems

Streamlined Management: Integrating your live streaming setup with a Content Management System (CMS) like Panopto or Kaltura helps in organizing, storing, and sharing recorded sessions efficiently.

Accessibility: Makes it easier for students and staff to access and review content at their convenience, enhancing the learning experience.

Enhanced Features: CMS platforms often offer additional features such as analytics, interactive quizzes, and searchable transcripts, which can further enrich the educational content.

Tip 4: Utilize NDI to Stream Throughout the Entire Building

Efficient Video Distribution: Network Device Interface (NDI) technology enables high-quality video streaming over local networks, allowing you to distribute video feeds across the entire campus seamlessly.

Cost-Effective: NDI reduces the need for extensive cabling and hardware, making it a cost-effective solution for schools.

Versatile Applications: Use NDI for morning announcements, live events, and classroom broadcasts, ensuring everyone stays informed and engaged.

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Tip 5: Let Students Use the Gear – Get Hands-On Experience

Skill Development: Allowing students to operate streaming equipment helps them develop valuable technical skills that are increasingly important in today’s digital world.

Engagement: Hands-on experience fosters a deeper understanding and interest in the technology, making learning more engaging and interactive.

Responsibility and Teamwork: Students learn to work collaboratively and take responsibility for managing the equipment, which can enhance their teamwork and leadership abilities.

Tip 6: Invest in Good Audio Equipment

Importance of Clear Audio: Clear audio is crucial for effective communication during live streams. Poor audio quality can detract from the viewer’s experience, even if the video quality is excellent.

Types of Microphones:

Omnidirectional Microphones: These microphones capture sound equally from all directions.

Cardioid Microphones: These microphones pick up sound primarily from the front and sides.

Supercardioid Microphones: Similar to cardioid mics but with a narrower pickup pattern.

Audio Mixers and Interfaces: Investing in audio mixers and interfaces can help manage multiple audio sources and ensure balanced sound levels.

Tip 7: Use a Reliable Internet Connection

Stable Connection: A stable and fast internet connection is essential for uninterrupted live streaming.

Bandwidth Considerations: Ensure your internet plan provides sufficient bandwidth to handle high-quality video streaming, especially during peak usage times.

Upload speed recommendations:

3-5 Mbps for 720p videos

5-10 Mbps for 1080p

15-25 Mbps for 4K

Cellular Bonded Encoders: If a reliable internet connection is not available, consider using cellular bonded encoders such as YoloLiv YoloBox, LiveU Solo Pro, or Kilvoiew P3 Series

Tip 8: Schedule Regular Maintenance and Updates

Preventive Measures: Regularly maintain and update all streaming equipment and software to prevent technical issues. Proactive maintenance can help avoid unexpected problems during live events.

Never Schedule Updates on Event Days: Avoid scheduling updates on the days of an event to prevent unexpected disruptions.

Update Together: Ensure all components, especially for NDI setups, are updated together. This includes cameras, encoders, network switches, and other related equipment to maintain synchronization and compatibility.

Tip 9: Implement a Backup Plan

Preparedness: Always have a backup plan in place for technical difficulties to ensure the stream can continue smoothly. Being prepared can save your event from unexpected disruptions.

Secondary Equipment: Keep spare cameras, extra cables, and backup microphones ready to use in case of equipment failure. This ensures that you can quickly switch to backup gear without significant downtime. A YoloBox can be a great resource in a pinch.

Alternative Internet Source: Have a secondary internet source, such as a cellular encoder, This is especially important for critical live streams where uninterrupted connectivity is essential. Some cameras can even stream directly to an RTMP destination

Tip 10: Sign up for eduStreamTV!

eduStreamTV is a three day event with vendors and experts focusing on the way live streaming benefits education in today’s hybrid learning environment. These are tips, tricks, and tools for lecture capture, remote production, and live video streaming in education. We are here to provide you with the tips, tricks, and tools you need for live streaming in the education field. 

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Introduction to the MERN Stack Framework.

The MERN stack is an innovative tool out of the modern world of web development that has revolutionized the way fast and scalable applications are built. The acronym stands for four technologies: MongoDB, Express.js, React, and Node.js. When these are combined together, it opens up both the front and the back ends to developers with ease like never before. But what makes this MERN stack framework so special?

Breaking down the MERN Stack: A harmonious quartet in tech 

MongoDB: The NoSQL power player

Being the heart of the MERN stack, MongoDB is a NoSQL database highly famous for flexibility and scalability. It allows massive volumetric sets of unorganized data in the form of JSON-like documents as against traditional databases. Perfect for fluid and adaptive modern applications, it's the unsung workhorse that quietly keeps data management efficient and reliable.

Express.js: Simplifying Backend Development

Whereas MongoDB will be the bedrock, Express.js acts as the glue that'll hold this system together. In its purest sense, this little minimalist web framework for Node.js creates an elegance of simplicity to build really robust APIs. The architecture hence is so light that it takes much of the complexity out of server-side development and lets developers get down to the actual logic, rather than getting bogged down in boilerplate code.

React: Frontend Brilliance Unleashed

Frontend-wise, React offers developers a mighty tool in building responsive and interactive user interfaces. Its component-based architecture makes full use of reusable code and updates to ensure that the UI remains lightning-fast and intuitive. Facebook has developed this tech, and React has become the gold standard for dynamic frontend development. The integration within the MERN stack only amplifies its effectiveness.

Node.js: The Dynamo of the Backend

Node.js composes the rest of the MERN stack as the runtime environment that will run the server-side code written in JavaScript. Applications built with Node.js are fast and scalable because of its non-blocking, event-driven nature. It is very ideal for real-time applications where many connections need to be handled without delay, such as in a chat application or a collaborative tool.

Advantage of MERN Stack: Why It's the Game Changer

Probably one of the strongest aspects of the MERN stack is that its JavaScript-based foundation allows you to build both front and back ends of a web application using one language. This does not only simplify the development process but also decreases the amount of money or budget that would have been devoted to hiring specialists for front-end and back-end development. In a way, it's an all-in-one solution, which makes it more efficient and increases productivity, hence becoming a favorite among businesses and their startups. In addition, a scalable stack is ensured in order to grow the projects effortlessly as the user base increases.

Key Features of MERN Stack Development Services

MERN stack development services provide some special benefits that answer the requirements of modern web development. These are:

Speed and Efficiency: With the MERN stack, which follows a JavaScript-centric approach, the development cycles get reduced, and applications hit the market soon with respect to time.

Scalability: MongoDB and Node.js will promise to scale without a hassle; applications can automatically scale with rising data and user demands without any performance degradation.

Cost-Effectiveness: The development process will be more streamlined and adopt the mantra of "do less to achieve more," hence reducing the overall cost because fewer resources and time will be used to build and maintain web applications.

High-Performance UIs: The frontend capabilities of React will assure users of seamless, responsive interfaces, which will ultimately improve the satisfaction factors.

Real-World Applications of the MERN Stack Framework

The MERN stack has seen use in various real-life applications. Whether it is an e-commerce platform or a social media network, down to business-level enterprise solutions, what can be observed is that the framework is really versatile. Companies dealing with real-time processing of data, such as online marketplaces or collaborative work tools, tend to always reach for MERN because it can deliver effective and responsive user experiences.

Why MERN Stack is the Future of Full-Stack Development

The future of web development is headed towards solutions that entail efficiency, scalability, and speed. The MERN stack encapsulates all the above traits making it the chosen framework of developers to create modern dynamic web applications. Dominating in the minds of startups as well as established enterprises, it showcases growing dominance in the tech world.

How Supreme Technologies Excels in MERN Stack Development

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Conclusion and Call to Action

The MERN stack, to me at least, is the future of web development. Its all-in-one JavaScript solution, together with its flexibility and scalability, makes it the unbeatable choice for any business looking to be at the forefront of the digital world.

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Top .NET-Based CMS Platforms: Best Choices for 2024

Discover the top .NET-based CMS platforms for 2024 with Atharva System's comprehensive guide. This article reviews leading CMS options like Umbraco, DotNetNuke, and Sitefinity, highlighting their features, scalability, and customization capabilities. Whether you’re building a corporate website, an e-commerce store, or a content-rich blog, these platforms offer robust solutions for various needs. Dive into detailed comparisons, learn about performance metrics, and find out which CMS best suits your project requirements. Make an informed decision with the latest insights on .NET-based content management systems.

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